Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Tenedos (Troad)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	100 BC - 70 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	15.76 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 432233
References	Callataÿ Tenedos# 101-117 François de Callataÿ; 1998. “Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Tenedos” = “Hellenistic silver coins from Tenedos”, Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, pages 99-114. , SNG Copenhagen# 523 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 1590 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , BMC Greek# 28 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Hunterian 7# 276 Richard Ashton; 2020. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 12.7. The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow: Cimmerian Bosporus - Cappadocia. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , CN type# 19381 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , SNG Fitzwilliam# 4300 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes). , Lampson# 277 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson; 1923. Catalogue of Ancient Greek Coins Collected by Godfrey Locker Lampson. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Janiform head composed of a laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left and a diademed head of Hera to right.

Reverse

Double axe; below, to left, monogram of ΓΑΥ and bunch of grapes; below, to right, owl standing left, head facing front.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ
ΓΑΥ

Mint

Tenedos, Troas, modern-day Island of Bozcaada, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (100 BC - 70 BC)							$ 8500	$ 8500

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Examples of the type

Callataÿ Tenedos 103

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BMC Greek (Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos) p. 94, 28; Callataÿ Tenedos 112

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Callataÿ Tenedos 106

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Electrotype by an unknown maker, Roma Numismatics Limited E-Sale 111, lot 1381

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 419 Lot 213	17 Mar 2025	XF	USD 3719.50 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sternberg XXIV, Zurich 1996, no. 96 = Callataÿ Tenedos 105
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIX Lot 185	9 Nov 2023	XF	USD 6045.99 (GBP 4500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIX Lot 184	9 Nov 2023	XF	USD 6717.77 (GBP 5000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 230	6 May 2019	XF	USD 10 140.99 (CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From von Aulock and Harald Salvesen collections; ex Rosenber 72, 1932, 585; Leu 18, 1977, 182 and NFA XVIII, 1987, 183; SNG von Aulock 1590 = Callataÿ Tenedos 116
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 146 Lot 2213	8 May 2024	VF	USD 12 042.42 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 17 Lot 161	26 Oct 2018	VF	USD 10 774.80 (CHF 8500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From Vineyard collection; ex Numismatica Wien IV, 1974, 149; Vecchi Fixed Priced List 12, 29; Sotheby’s October 1992, 1109; Künker 43, 1998, 124 = Callataÿ Tenedos 114
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 25 Lot 192	20 Nov 2022	VF	USD 11 408.61 (CHF 9000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 236 Lot 231	7 Mar 2016	VF	USD 3719.50 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 141 Lot 141	10 Oct 2005	VF	USD 1743.51 (EUR 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung